Taiz hospitals near collapse as Houthis tighten siege: Yemen government - Al Jazeera
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Yemen’s internationally recognised government has warned of an “imminent health and humanitarian catastrophe” in the besieged city of Taiz, in the country’s southwest, as the Houthis continue their siege and “obstruct essential supplies”. Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population said in a statement on Saturday that medicines, intravenous fluids, medical supplies and fuel at the city’s health facilities were “nearing depletion”. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3How hunger is devastating Yemen’s childrenlist 2 of 3Yemen’s Taiz residents fear food and fuel crisis amid fightinglist 3 of 3More than 200,000 displaced as fighting escalates in Yemen, UN saysend of listIt said emergency care, surgery, intensive care, dialysis and neonatal services could be forced to stop if the situation continued, putting patients, injured people, pregnant women and newborns “at immediate risk”. Fuel shortages also threaten electricity generators, ambulances and the cold chains that keep medicines and vaccines usable, which could cause “severe complications and preventable deaths”, the ministry said.
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